Description from the publisher :
The purely artificial individual endeavors of an Akbar and a Dara Shikuh to introduce Hindu thought and speculation into Persian literature have remained almost completely isolated and sterile. A little literary theological island has been created which has remained uninhabited and from which no travelers have undertaken further voyages into the world of Islam. It is not that this 'Mingling of the two Oceans' proves to be a book of deep insight or great spirituality. But it gives us a starting point. For all these and many other reasons the present work is remarkable in which from beyond the gulf of death the voice of Hindu-Muslim Unity has been given life again, insistent, sincere and tragic.